Scene: Like similar places elsewhere, the usual chairs, mirrors, and bottles; the usual odor of the usual hair-tonic. CUSTOMERS: allowing for differences of dress, and the single feminine presence — ...

One of the hardest things to to in America is find a good barber. And once you find that barber, you always go back. The thing I don't like about QB house is that your hair is cut by whoever is ...

A barber gives a model a haircut during the World Barber Classic in Tokyo Barbers react after competing in the World Barber Classic in Tokyo, part of a bid to bring back young male clients to shops ...

In 25 years in Japan I've never been to a barber shop. Heck, a haircut there costs at least 3,000. I go to a salon where I get a cut, a shampoo and a massage for 2,600. It takes about 45-50 minutes. I ...

Tadashi Muragi is a 46-year-old Tokyo hairdresser with a 22-year career of scissor wielding already behind him. Clad in a clean white barber suit at his classically styled, five-seat shop, Muragi may ...

HIGASHI-OSAKA, Osaka Pref. -- It's the usual shopping arcade stretching from a train station, a sight seen anywhere in Japan, except that a castle comes into view between arcade ceilings. Kosaka ...

Shitsui Hakoishi, 108, poses for a photo with a Guinness World Records certificate recognizing her as the world's oldest female barber, at her shop in Nakagawa in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on ...

UTSUNOMIYA (Japan), March 5 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- A 108-year-old woman from eastern Japan was officially recognised on Wednesday by the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest female barber, Kyodo ...

A dozen Japanese and foreign contestants were taking part in the World Barber Classic, showing off their hairdressing skills surrounded by national flags and the blare of hip-hop tunes. The event is ...